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(satellite adjective) loud and sharp; "the piercing shriek of sirens" |
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(satellite adjective) high-pitched and sharp; "piercing screams"; "a shrill whistle" |
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Synonyms: sharp, shrill |
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(satellite adjective) suitable for cutting or piercing; "incisive teeth"; "the piercing needle" |
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Synonyms: incisive |
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(satellite adjective) as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "a gray world with ice and toothed winds" |
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Synonyms: cutting, keen, knifelike, stabbing |
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(satellite adjective) having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" |
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Synonyms: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, sharp |
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